By default, the buttons in the Timeline Editor command button area are arranged as shown in the following figure.
You can customize the command button area by selecting Customize (page 192) from the main menu.
Notes
• The functions of buttons that can be placed in the command button area can also be assigned to control panel buttons and keyboard keys.
• If the window is not wide enough to display all the tool buttons, scroll left and right through the buttons by rolling the mouse wheel while the cursor is on the tool
button area, or by clicking the arrow buttons that appear on the left and right ends of the tool button area.
• The jog and shuttle controls on the control panel can also be used to control play.
• The mouse wheel can be used for seek and shuttle functions when the mouse is moved over the position bar. Scroll the mouse wheel for the seek function, or click the wheel and scroll the wheel for the shuttle function.
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Default command button configuration
Icon Button name Button function
Command Button Palette Displays the command button palette.
See “Command button palette” (page 186) for more information.
Match Frame Loads into the Source Viewer the clip that corresponds to a specified frame in a sequence. The Source Viewer playline moves to the specified frame and an In point and Out point is set.
Focus Expands the timeline scale to a pre-defined size. Click again to return the timeline scale to its original size.
Composer Mode Selects the normal editing mode. In this mode, you can do the following.
• Play the sequence by scrubbing the playline (dragging it back and forth on the position bar).
• Move the playline to the clicked track.
• Open sequences on the timeline by double clicking.
• Start the Effect Editor by double clicking an effect icon.
You can also switch from Segment mode to Composer mode by clicking the timeline timecode area.
Note
Clips cannot be selected in Composer mode.
See “Video Effect Editor” (page 308) for more information.
Segment (Extract/Splice-in) Mode
Selects an editing mode in which you can move and delete segments (groups of one or more clips) in the track area.
In Extract/Splice-in mode, clips are extracted when you move or delete them, and spliced in when you add them. In Lift/Overwrite mode, clips are lifted when you move or delete them, and overwritten when you add them.
In Segment mode you can do the following.
• Select clips. You can select multiple clips by holding the Ctrl key down as you select.
• Cut clips and copy them to the clipboard.
• Copy clips to the clipboard without cutting them.
• Move the playline to the desired position and paste clips that have been copied to the clipboard.
• Delete clips.
• Move the selected segment by drag and drop.
• Move the selected segment one frame at a time by dragging and dropping with the Ctrl key held down.
• Move the selected segment to a snap point (cut point, transition start point, transition end point) by dragging and dropping with the Alt key held down.
• Delete segments.
• Set In and Out points around the selected segment by clicking the Mark Clip button of the Master Viewer.
Note
Clips are copied to the clipboard when they are extracted from a sequence. Even if you close the sequence, put it in the Trash, and then empty the Trash, clips on the clipboard are not deleted.
Segment (Lift/Overwrite) Mode
Trim Mode Puts the timeline into Trim Viewer mode and displays the Trim Viewer in the Source and Master Viewers. In Trim Viewer mode you can trim transitions and carry out Slip and Slide trims on segments.
Rubber Band Mode Puts the Timeline Editor into Rubber Band mode so that you can adjust track fader levels on the timeline.
Nesting Pastes a sequence into another sequence in nesting mode.
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Versioning Pastes a sequence into another sequence in versioning mode.
Toggle Field/Frame Switches between field display, frame 1, and frame 2 display.
Analog Scrub Mode Switches between analog scrub and digital scrub. Turn the button on to select Analog Scrub mode.
Toggle Video/Key Monitor Switches between the video monitor and the picture key.
Toggle Timeline View Toggles the Timeline Editor between display of the timeline and display of the storyboard.
CG Starts the CG Editor.
Click the CG button to display a list of effects, and select an effect type. The effect is placed on the timeline and CG Editor starts.
Alternatively, shift-click the CG button and select an effect type. The Add Title dialog appears where you can specify a title and track. The effect is then placed on the timeline and the CG Editor starts.
Advanced Color Corrector Displays the Advanced Color Corrector.
FX Explorer Starts the FX Explorer (see page 296). When one or more FX Explorer windows are open, clicking this button closes all the FX Explorer windows.
Audio Mixer Starts the Audio Mixer (see page 434).
Audio Group Bus Routing Tool
Starts the Audio Group Bus Routing Tool (see page 447).
Audio Group Bus Fader Starts the Audio Group Bus Fader (see page 450).
Voice Over Tool Starts the Audio Voice Over Tool (see page 457).
XDCAM Import Timeline Clips
Starts the Import Timeline Clip Tool to re-import XDCAM clips on the timeline.
Timecode Window Activates the Timecode window.
If the Timecode window is not open, opens it.
Add Key Frame Adds audio keyframes to the timeline when audio automation is enabled.
Freeze Frame Replaces the range in a video clip from the playline position to the last frame with a still image (a 0% speed clip).
Click the button to replace the range with a freeze frame image.
Shift-click the button to display the Freeze Frame dialog to change the duration, edit mode, or the bin in which to save the freeze frame clip. The bin selection is retained until the project changes, user changes, or application is restarted.
Right-click the button to display the context menu and select the freeze frame creation method.
Icon Button name Button function
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To turn audio on and off while scrubbing
1
Click the Analog Scrub Mode button to turn it off.The scrub mode changes to digital scrub.
2
Turn the Caps Lock key on or off to turn audio output on or off.Digital scrub audio is output when the Caps Lock key is off.
Digital scrub audio is not output when the Caps Lock key is on.
Add Dissolve Opens the Transition Options dialog.
A dissolve (or cross fade for audio) is set in the active track at the transition closest to the playline, according to the current parameters in the Transition Options dialog.
Alternatively, a dissolve is set in the range specified by In and Out markers.
If you click this button after entering a timecode value with the numeric keypad, the Transition Options dialog opens with the timecode value as the duration.
You can set the placement default for transition effects in the Edit tab of the Timeline Editor Properties dialog.
If you clear the [Enable Transition Options] dialog check box in the Edit tab of the Timeline Editor Properties dialog, a dissolve is added automatically, without opening the Transition Options dialog.
Note
You can change the parameters of an existing dissolve by right clicking it, selecting [Options] from the context menu, and editing the parameters in the Transition Options dialog.
See “Transition Options Dialog” (page 302) and “Edit tab” (page 610) for more information.
Add Edit Adds a cut point at the clip on the active tracks at the playline position.
When cut points are added during play (forward, reverse, fast, slow, shuttle, jog, etc.), the cut points are indicated by the slice numbers on the timeline only. Play does not stop when adding cut points. The display of cut points in clips on the active tracks is not refreshed until play is stopped. Also, any effects added to clips that are cut during play are placed on the rightmost section only.
Cuts added during play are grouped into a single undo/redo action.
The default setting is to continue playback when adding cut points. You can change this setting so that playback stops when adding cut points in order to refresh tracks immediately. This is especially useful when using the K keyboard button when adding cut points. To change the default setting, modify the following registry.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER¥Software¥Sony¥1 Entry name: 39 (DWORD Value)
Value = 0 (add edit will not stop playing during playback). Default.
Value = 1 (add edit will stop playing during playback)
Still Picture Digitizes a still picture and creates a clip. Still clips are TGA-format clips with default name NewPicture_New Sequence_nnn, where nnn increments.
Grouping When inactive, temporarily releases the grouping of clips on the timeline, allowing the individual clips to be edited independently. When active, the grouping of clips is restored.
Collapse Collapses the active, unlocked tracks in the timeline into a single collapse clip. Video and audio tracks are collapsed separately.
Waveform Magnify Zooms in the waveform display.
Waveform Minify Zooms out the waveform display.
Copy to SV Copies to the Source Viewer.
Icon Button name Button function
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Command button palette
The Timeline Editor command button palette contains less frequently used command buttons.
By default, the buttons in the command button palette are arranged as shown in the following figure.
You can customize the command button palette by selecting Customize (page 192) from the main menu.
Default command button configuration
Icon Button name Button function
Extend Executes a dual trim up to the specified Mark In point or Mark Out point.
See “Using the extend function” (page 277) for more information.
Transition Options Opens the Transition Options dialog.
Toggle F1/F2 Switches between field 1 display, field 2 display, and off.
Delete Effect Deletes the effect at the playline position on the active tracks. Or deletes the effect in the range specified by setting In and Out points.
Extract Deletes a section specified by In and Out points on the active tracks, and shifts the following clips on the timeline to the left to fill the resulting gap. The duration of the tracks becomes shorter.
Lift Deletes a section specified by In and Out points on the active tracks, and fills the resulting gap with filler (black on the video track and silence on audio tracks). The duration of the tracks does not change.
Find Clip Searches the open sequence. By clicking this button with the Alt key held down, you can find the clip at the playline position on the uppermost active track.
Track Level Copy When this button is on, a clip’s rubber band is also moved, deleted, copied, or trimmed whenever the clip itself is moved, deleted, copied, or trimmed.
Render To Bin Performs a render to bin.
Set Essence Mark Sets an essence mark.
Scrub the playline (move it back and forth on the position bar) to move to the point where you want to set the essence mark, and then click this button to set it.
The essence mark is set at the playline position on all selected clips.
When no clip is selected or all tracks are disabled, the essence mark is set at the playline position on the timeline.
Delete Mark Deletes a mark.
Scrub the playline (move it back and forth on the position bar) to move to the point where you want to delete the mark, and then click this button to delete it.
The essence marks at the playline position on all selected clips are deleted.
When no clip is selected or all tracks are disabled, the essence mark at the playline position on the timeline is deleted.
Mark List Opens the Marker List dialog, which displays all of the marks in the current sequence.
When you click a mark in the list, or select one with the up and down arrow keys, the playline moves to the timecode of that mark. When you double click a mark or select it and press the Enter key, the playline moves to that mark and the window focus moves to the Timeline Editor.
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Current Playline
Deletes the section between the start point of the clip on which the playline is positioned and the current playline position on the active tracks, and shifts the following clips on the timeline to fill the resulting gap. The duration of the tracks becomes shorter.
Note
If the start and end points of the active clips to be extracted from multiple tracks do not match, the uppermost track will be used as the basis for extraction.
Extract from Current Playline to Clip End
Deletes the section between the current playline position on the active tracks and the end point of the clip on which the playline is positioned, and shifts the following clips on the timeline to fill the resulting gap. The duration of the tracks becomes shorter.
Note
If the start and end points of the active clips to be extracted from multiple tracks do not match, the uppermost track will be used as the basis for extraction.
Lift from Clip Top to Current Playline
Deletes the section between the start point of the clip on which the playline is positioned and the current playline position on the active tracks, and fills the resulting gap with filler (black on the video track and silence on audio tracks). The duration of the tracks does not change.
Note
If the start and end points of the active clips to be lifted from multiple tracks do not match, the uppermost track will be used as the basis for lifting.
Lift from Current Playline to Clip End
Deletes the section between the current playline position on the active tracks and the end point of the clip on which the playline is positioned, and fills the resulting gap with filler (black on the video track and silence on audio tracks). The duration of the tracks does not change.
Note
If the start and end points of the active clips to be lifted from multiple tracks do not match, the uppermost track will be used as the basis for lifting.
Proxy Only Detection Searches the timeline for sections that contain only proxy (low resolution) media.
Media Offline Detection Searches the timeline for media offline clips.
Flash Frame Detection Searches the timeline for clips and filler with durations less than or equal to a specified duration.
Duplicate Detection Searches the timeline for clips and frames (parts of clips that are used twice or more (duplicates).
Reverse Match List Executes a reverse match search on the timeline for any frame in a clip loaded into the Source Viewer.
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Command buttons available through customization
Icon Button name Icon Button name Icon Button name
Play Mark Clip Delete Effect
Rewind Set Duration Open FX
Fast Forward Set Index Picture Transition Options
Rewind 1.5 Mark List Import Image
Forward 1.5 Set Essence Mark Auto White Balance
Stop Delete Mark Jog
Step Backward Splice-In Shuttle
Step Forward Overwrite Toggle Jog/Shuttle
Step Backward 10 Frames
Replace ... CG1 to CG8
Step Forward 10 Frames
Overwrite Mode Record ... V1 to V8
Play In to Out Splice-In Mode Record ... A1 to A12
Play to Out Track Level Copy ... K1 to K8
Play Reverse Edit Mode CTL Reset
Play Forward Save TC/CTL
Still Extract Speed Control
Go to Start Lift Change speed from clip
head to PL
Go to End Extract from Clip Top to
Current Playline
Change speed from clip tail to PL
Go to Previous Event Extract from Current Playline to Clip End
Match TC
Go to Next Event Lift from Clip Top to
Current Playline
Solo Reset
Go to In Lift from Current Playline
to Clip End
Scrub (w/Fx) Mode
Go to Out Collapse Toggle F1/F2
Go to Previous Marker Copy to Clipboard Duplicate Detection
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Almost all of the buttons that can be placed in the Master Viewer command button area can also be placed in the Timeline Editor command button area.